OcUK RX5600XT review thread

GizF1 · 22 Jan 2020 at 10:43

Don't forget the better image quality - thats got to be worth £30 of anyones money

Scougar · 22 Jan 2020 at 13:23

djxput said:
IMO they are priced right. You cant compare a discounted blower fan model of a 5700 to a aftermarket cooler of a 5600xt. Look what you can get for the price really nice price range for almost -4% of the performance of a 5700. Yet much cheaper 40-50pounds cheaper.

I wasn't comparing a 'discounted blower model'. I was comparing an AIB twin fan model. And in fairness, it has now gone back upto $319.

subbytna · 22 Jan 2020 at 14:22

Poneros said:
Had this lying around (4K max & SMAA T2x). So my results shows 20% better performance as V64 (Nitro+). And I'm pretty sure I had some settings even higher than them & ofc a worse CPU.

Ah man they were one of the only ones I DIDNT check out . Typical lol

More of a side grade for me, I'll skip it for this gen I think and stick to the 64 in the mean time.

Sargatanas2511 · 22 Jan 2020 at 14:55

greatash said:
so pretty much a 2060 6gb a year later and a couple quid shaved off, typical. Big Navi better not be matching the 2080ti with a couple quid shaved off or im off to buy an RTX 3070/3080 instead of waiting another year or two for AMDs response to those

What do you mean typical? I don't understand what the problem with them having competition in the sector is. Better late than never and it's quicker than a 2060 so I see no issue.

humbug · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:23

Its a few % faster than the already price reduced RTX 2060 and about £20 cheaper.

Its the best price to performance ratio card on the market, the fastest Sub £300 card.

We have to be pragmatic, i think AMD did quite well here, we can't expect them to give their cards away, AMD need money to develop their technology just as much as Nvidia do.

Martini1991 · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:27

humbug · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:28

Martini1991 said:
For me the biggest problem is it's exposed how poor the 5500XT is though

It's ridiculous the gulf between the two.

True

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:30

The GTX1650 is cheaper than the RX5500XT and the GTX1660 and GTX1660 Super cost the same. Nvidia basically has the £150 to £225 market IMHO.

JediFragger · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:32

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The GTX1650 is cheaper than the RX5500XT and the GTX1660 and GTX1660 Super cost the same. Nvidia basically has the £150 to £225 market IMHO.

Yeah AMD need to look at that, big share down there with lots and lots of cards sold generally.

Scougar · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:34

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The GTX1650 is cheaper than the RX5500XT and the GTX1660 and GTX1660 Super cost the same. Nvidia basically has the £150 to £225 market IMHO.

I absolutely agree with this.

1650 Super wins against 4GB 5500XT. (The 4GB 5500 XT gets killed with PCI-E 3.0 x8 lanes, so unless you have a pci-e 4.0 board.. you often drop many more frames than needed.)

1660 and super..... covering against the 5500 XT for same price (on the street), and performance better.

AMD just priced their parts too high, and made a mistake (IMO) with the 4GB 5500.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:36

JediFragger said:
Yeah AMD need to look at that, big share down there with lots and lots of cards sold generally.

Scougar said:
I absolutely agree with this.

1650 Super wins against 4GB 5500XT. (The 4GB 5500 XT gets killed with PCI-E 3.0 x8 lanes, so unless you have a pci-e 4.0 board.. you often drop many more frames than needed.)

1660 and super..... covering against the 5500 XT for same price (on the street), and performance better.

AMD just priced their parts too high, and made a mistake (IMO) with the 4GB 5500.

Luckily they have the RX570 and RX580 between £100 to £150,but I don't see the point of the RX5500XT outside of laptops.

What worries me is Nvidia has a very easy target when Ampere is released, as they don't need a big performance improvement to make the current AMD line-up look staid. Nvidia just need to bump up performance by 20% to 30% and it will be enough.

humbug · 22 Jan 2020 at 18:37

JediFragger said:
Yeah AMD need to look at that, big share down there with lots and lots of cards sold generally.

+1

stew8888 · 22 Jan 2020 at 20:41

Going to take the plunge and buy this for my first build. Had tossed up a RX 5700 and RTX 2060 but decided for the more recent release after reading the positive reviews around the net so far (and lower cost). One query is if its backwards compatible PCIe 3.0 and my motherboard MSI B450 Carbon Pro is PCIe 3.0, are there any hidden pitfalls/tricks/updates to make this work out of the box or is it plug and play? Would there be any performance issues from that?

eeii · 22 Jan 2020 at 21:00

Plug and play

stew8888 · 22 Jan 2020 at 21:21

eeii said:
Plug and play

Excellent!

I've noticed the Sapphire card lifted in price overnight on OCUK from £254 to £269. The rest seem static for now.

Disco_P · 23 Jan 2020 at 11:32

What's the deal with the OC versions? Are all 5600XT's gonna have a bios to get the ~10% performance bonus?

humbug · 23 Jan 2020 at 14:18

5600XT vs RTX 2060: At worst its 6% slower, at best its 11% faster.

Scougar · 23 Jan 2020 at 15:58

Something I noticed.. the RX 5600 XT is not eligible for games (in the USA at least), only the XBOX game pass (Which you can get for a $1 btw on special offer for 3 months anyway).

LoadsaMoney · 23 Jan 2020 at 17:36

MSI explains why not all Radeon RX 5600 XT can get 14 Gbps memory

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-explains-why-not-all-radeon-rx-5600-xt-can-get-14-gbps-memory

Harlequin · 23 Jan 2020 at 17:38

LoadsaMoney said:
MSI explains why not all Radeon RX 5600 XT can get 14 Gbps memory

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-explains-why-not-all-radeon-rx-5600-xt-can-get-14-gbps-memory

That sounds like an incredibly dodgy explanation.....AMD do not supply board ram only the gpu itself.....